Quotes About Stability

thereby serving as lender of last resort.

And she always kept me grounded:

We were still months away from stability, but, together with the steps taken abroad, a coherent and powerful strategy was finally taking shape.

the Committee would take a "balanced approach" in pursuing both price stability and maximum employment.

If defaults spread beyond Greece, the stability of Europe's entire banking system could be at risk.

The goal of macroprudential regulation is to identify and defuse more broad-based risks that may not be evident when looking at individual institutions in isolation.

In terms of job security, I was moving in exactly the wrong direction: from a job with lifetime tenure, to a job as Federal Reserve governor that carried a fourteen-year term,

To my relief, most of the attending senators seemed to appreciate that promoting global financial stability was in the interest of the United States.

target. As the world has learned, too little inflation is just as bad as too much inflation.

maintained for a considerable period.

We're instead pursuing other priorities: physical pleasure, emotional catharsis, monetary stability. All these things are important, of course, but they don't bring lasting happiness.

These were her rituals, the rutines that made her feel alive and connected. Without them, where would she be? Lost

Conservative" means maintaining the status quo, and I think the status quo stinks.

God is sure, And in his hands are things secure.

He shall not come to conquest, The conquest of kings, But in the bare stable He shall judge all things.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

An empty bag cannot stand upright.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable and those who move.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Discontented Minds, and Fevers of the Body are not to be cured by changing Beds or Businesses.

where there is more Sail than Ballast.

Our mission is not to impose our peculiar institutions upon other nations by physical force or diplomatic treachery but rather by internal peace and prosperity to solve the problem of self-government and reconcile democratic freedom with national stability.

Something else to be grateful for: the gentle protection of uneventfulness.

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly to be sacrificed.